This is an ideal snack for the school going kids...and also, we, adults, when we have a craving to nibble something in the evenings........
This is really really a healthy laddoo, with very minimal cooking involved, and no jaggery or sugar has been used here. The natural sweetness of dates, raisins, apricots and figs are more than enough for this.This can be quickly whipped up as any Festival offering also.
The natural stickiness of the dates is enough for the formation of laddoos.
My niece brought home lot of dry fruits, and thought of making this. Recipe source is Tarla Dalal (with some modifications)
This is really really a healthy laddoo, with very minimal cooking involved, and no jaggery or sugar has been used here. The natural sweetness of dates, raisins, apricots and figs are more than enough for this.This can be quickly whipped up as any Festival offering also.
The natural stickiness of the dates is enough for the formation of laddoos.
My niece brought home lot of dry fruits, and thought of making this. Recipe source is Tarla Dalal (with some modifications)
Ingredients
Seedless dates - 2 tbsp
Almonds - 2 tbsp
Pistachios - 2 tbsp
Raisins - 2 tbsp
Cashews - 2 tbsp
Figs - 4
Apricots - 4
Ghee - 1/2 tsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Recipe cuisine: Indian; Category: sweets/snacks
Prep time: 5 mts; Cooking time: 3 mts
Yields 15 laddoos
All the nuts and dry fruits
Figs and apricots finely chopped
In a non stick pan, pour 1/2 tsp ghee, and slow-roast the cashews, almonds, pistas and raisins. When they become light pinkish in color...
add the chopped figs and apricots, and saute well
Load everything into the blender-jar
and pulse into a coarse powder. Put this on a plate
Dates pulsed
Now, pulsed dates and cardamom powder added
Knead everything into a dough, even while the mixture is warm
Shape into small laddoos, store in an airtight container.
This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com
Notes
* Take care to buy seedless but sticky variety of dates. Do not buy the very dry kind of dates.
*You can add walnuts too.
*For extra flavor, a teaspoon of white sesame seeds can be dry roasted and added too.
* Has a shelf life of a week to ten days in room temperature. If you are going to keep it for a longer time, it is ideal to refrigerate, but the keep the required number of laddoos out of the fridge an hour before.
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